‘DON’T treat women like rubbish’ is the message from the Jersey Women’s Refuge, with some members volunteering to be bin men for the day to raise awareness about domestic abuse.

This year the refuge is inviting Islanders to take up a special challenge to raise funds during their 25th anniversary year.

To lead by example, refuge manager Lorna Kearney, deputy manager Sammy Price and committee member Tracy Turmel have pledged to undertake 12 new challenges during 2013, representing some of the difficulties faced by victims of domestic abuse.

Last month the women put a window display in Voisins department store for 25 hours and on Monday they will be trained and then go out rubbish-collecting on the vans, streetcleaning and recycling.

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Jerry Gosselin

February 24, 2013 1:12 am

Why is the Parish of St Helier constantly favouring this charity over all others? Did St Helier ratepayers ever agree to give preferential treatment to one charity only? If so, when was the vote taken and how many voted? Just like their rubbish carts, this stinks!

Jersey Eco Warrior

February 24, 2013 9:48 am

For both sexes, it is all about dealing with bullies who get a kick out of treating other people badly, whilst in reality their behaviour reflects weakness in them. We have been brought up to be considerate towards other people whereas in reality some people (both sexes) do not deserve that consideration.